ALSF Childhood Cancer Research Grants
With your support, we have been able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer. Browse through more than 1,000 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
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Single Nuclear RNA-seq and Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Anaplastic and Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Andrew Murphy, MD and Xiang Chen, PhD | Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas Grant | 2019 | Tennessee |
Mutagenesis and disease progression in RUNX1 mutant blood stem cells is caused by inflammation-induced hyperactive signaling and supraphysiological mitochondrial ROS | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Dirk Loeffler, PhD | RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grants | 2023 | Tennessee |
ECM-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for high-grade glioma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Jessica Wagner, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Improving CAR T-Cell Therapy for Pediatric Osteosarcoma by Manipulating Arginine Metabolism | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Shannon Lange, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2019 | Tennessee |
Targeting polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Emmanuel Volanakis | Young Investigator Grants | 2011 | Tennessee |
Describing the Biological Impacts of Gain-of-function SAMD9 Mutations | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Jason Schwartz, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Investigating Epigenetic Mechanisms of Response to Allogenic CAR T Cell Therapy | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Caitlin Zebley, MD/PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2021 | Tennessee |
Functional Characterization of RELA Fusion Ependymoma as a Basis for Therapeutic Targeting | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Stephen Mack, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Interrogation of Neuroblastoma Dependencies and RNAs on the Core-Regulatory Circuitry for Therapeutic Inhibition | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Adam Durbin, PhD | Young Investigator Grants | 2018 | Tennessee |
Inside-Out Immunotherapy: Combating Neuroblastoma via Nanoparticle-Directed Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment | Vanderbilt University Medical Center / John Wilson, PhD | 'A' Award Grants | 2015 | Tennessee |